# Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Iseult Gillespie
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/iseult_gillespie_why_should_you_read_a_midsummer_night_s_dream)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

By the light of the moon, a group sneaks into the woods, where they take mind-altering substances, switch it up romantically and brush up against creatures from another dimension. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" sees Shakespeare play with the boundary between illusion and reality - and dramatize the possibility that life is but a dream. Iseult Gillespie shares what makes this play a timeless classic. \[Directed by WOW-HOW Studio, narrated by Bethany Cutmore-Scott, music by Stephen LaRosa\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/iseult_gillespie_why_should_you_read_a_midsummer_night_s_dream/d0e4f69d1e7a), 5 min (TED's player)